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Kentucky Warbler

Oporornis formosus

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 5 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

SummerLower Mississippi River Flatwoods; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Bottomland Depression
Other habitats in its models (50)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 24 of 64 parishes.
  • Summer: nests here, in 57 of 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 326

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 242

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources